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Ooo Uyir
Director: Pradeep Selvam
Starring: Lenikha Shri, Nalini Jayaram, Attul
Run time: 17 Mins 33 Secs
Language: Tamil (w/English subtitles)
Year Made: 2019
Country: India
With: Global

The story revolves around an unemployed man who concedes defeat in the face of a series of unfortunate events in his life. Unable to cope with the pressure surrounding his circumstances, he decides to end his life. Consumed by pessimistic thoughts, he goes about his final moment of life in regret and self-pity.

Director : Pradeep Selvam
My interest in movies, shorts, documentaries stems from my interest in stories. I have always been fascinated by stories and the idea of stories and scripts coming to life on the big screens. I believe that any story is a good story when you put it in the hands of a good storyteller or let's just say the director and this is what I aspire to be. I am a first time director, trying to make my contribution to this wonderful medium of art and craft to its followers and beyond. I believe I have stories to tell and strive to entertain and engage my audience in my kind of cinema. My first short film, 'Oor Uyir', is an endeavor in this direction. It's a story portraying the insecurities one faces in life, the pressure one goes through and circumstances that lead to one getting stressed out and eventually gets driven into depression. I pray, seeking answers to questions on stress and depression and whether it is really worth it to succumb to it than to face it?
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